Color Theory Vocabulary - Quiz Review

Analogous colors

A color scheme that uses hues next to each other on the color wheel.

Secondary colors

A hue created by combining two primary colors. Purple, Orange, and Green are Secondary colors: Red +Yellow = Orange Blue+Yellow= Green Red +Blue = Purple

Color wheel

An arrangement of colors in a circular format. Primary, secondary, and intermediate hues (colors) are arranged in orderly intervals.

Color

Art element that is derived from reflected light

RBG

Color used on computer monitors & TVs: Red, Blue, Green

Complementary colors

Colors opposite on the color wheel: red & green; blue & orange; yellow & violet

Cool colors

Colors suggesting coolness; blue, green, violet and their variants.

Warm colors

Colors suggesting warmth: reds, yellows, and oranges and their variants.

CMKY

Colors used in printing: Cyan, Magenta, Black, Yellow

Shade

Created when black is added to a color. Refers to a darker value of a color.

Tint

Created when white is added to a color. Refers to a lighter value of a color.

Primary colors

Pure or fundamental colors that cannot be created by combining other colors. Red, Yellow, & Blue are Primary colors.

Intensity

The brightness or dullness of a color

Neutral colors

The combination of complementary colors to create neutral, more natural colors (browns, grays)

Value

The darkness or lightness of a color (also known as tone).

Sir Isaac Newtown

The scientist who discovered "Opticks" (Optics) and defined the spectrum found in light. He also invented the color wheel.

Color Properties (things that distinguish colors from one another)

There are three color properties: Hue, Value and Saturation.

Hue

What distinguishes one color from another. A color's technical name in the spectrum. (Red, blue, green)

Spectrum

When a beam of light is bent by a prism and separated into bands of color like the a rainbow

Tertiary color

combinations of primary and secondary colours. There are six tertiary colors; red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, and red-violet